Doubts cast on Krejcir State witness

Johannesburg - Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir's lawyer on Wednesday told the High Court in Johannesburg, sitting in Palm Ridge, that a State witness had lied.

“It never happened. He was never a witness to this and that is why he is not in a position to tell the court,” Annelene van den Heever said while cross-examining Bhekizitha Khumalo.

Khumalo on Tuesday told the court he was present when a man called Doctor, who allegedly disappeared with drugs, unpacked a black sports bag containing 25 parcels of drugs at a house in June last year.

On Wednesday, Van den Heever brought to court parcels of various sizes that she had made, and a black sports bag.

She questioned Khumalo on the size of the black bag and brought a box to court with similar dimensions.

Khumalo estimated the size of the parcels and bag based on her examples.

When questioned on what was unpacked from the bag, he said: “Twenty-five (parcels) came out of the sports bag.”

In June last year, Doctor allegedly disappeared with 25kg of tik (methamphetamine) he had been tasked with transporting to Australia, allegedly for Krejcir. Doctor worked for a cargo company at OR Tambo International Airport.